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Pitch competitions, educational lunches, industry trend reports, various networking events, new product demonstrations, and opportunities for angel investors to check out new and emerging businesses are all on tap for the second annual Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week, to be held Nov. 11-17 at various venues throughout the city. While specifics on events are still being nailed down, organizers say a cornerstone event will be a breakfast sponsored by Business Report with The New York Times best-selling author Josh Linkner, whose books include Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity—a top 10 business book of 2011. He is the CEO and managing partner of Detroit Venture Partners, where he works with business partners Earvin “Magic” Johnson and NBA team owner Dan Gilbert to rebuild urban areas through technology and entrepreneurship. Linkner is also adjunct professor of applied creativity at the University of Michigan.

Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week events brewing

Pitch competitions, educational lunches, industry trend reports, various networking events, new product demonstrations, and opportunities for angel investors to see new businesses are all on tap for the second annual Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week, to be held Nov. 11-17 at various venues throughout the city. While specifics have yet to be determined, organizers say a cornerstone event will be a breakfast sponsored by Business Report with The New York Times bestselling author Josh Linkner, whose books include Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity—a top 10 business book of 2011. Further details on event specifics will be posted on the BREW website here as they become available, says BRAC, which is presenting the series of events in conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week and in partnership with Business Report. Stafford Kendall, the 2012 Junior...